Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-25
YALE,s OLASS OF,6z.

Its Thirtieth Anniversary Tuesday
Next-A Splendid ReeOrd-ExPresI.
dent WOOIsey's Parting Toast To The
Class-The Glass SustaIns The Hon.
ored ex-President's Good opinion of
Hts mett1e.
The class of 1857, Y. c., has its thirtieth
anniversary this year. The business meet
ing will be held at No. Al North Sheffield
hall at 1870 p. m. Tuesday, the 28th. The
social meeting the same day from to Z p.
M, at the house of Professor Wheeler, No.
SO Trumbull street.
This class graduated 107 men, of whom 80
are now living. There were in the class 81
clergymen, of whom are Doctors of Divini-
ty. There were 40 lawyers, and several of
these are now on the bench. Thirty-one
went to the war of 1866, twenty-five for the
Union and six against it. Six lost their
lives on the Union side and two on the Con-
federate. OF the Union soldiers no less than
six attained the rank of brigadier general,
viz: Avery, Croxton, Doster, Jackson, Rob-
erts and Trowbridge. Ten have been col
lege professors, Blake Of Brown university,
Brown of Yale observatory, DeForest,
Dodge, formerly in Syria, Eaton of Yale,
Lovewell of Kansas, Northrop, formerly of
Yale, Strong, Tyler Of Cornell, Wheeler Of
Yale. Three of these are at the head of
their institutions, President Northrop of the
University of Minnesota, DeForest of ITALIA
dega college, Alabama, and Strong of the
Rochester Theological seminary. Hon.
George NJ. Woodruff, one of the Connecticut
commissioners of railroads, is a member of
this class, and so is Moses Colt Tyler of Cor
nell university, the author of the History of
American Literature.
OF the soldiers of the class Chaplain But
Io,,, LII he Ito
while attending a Union soldier. Captain
Griswold of the 18th G. v, one of the
bravest of the brave. was killed on the field
of Antietam Captain Melzar Dutton, son
of the late ex-Gov. Dutton, was killed at
Cedar Mountain, where the brave Blake, of
New Haven, also lost his life. E. L. Porter
of Norwich, captain we think, was killed
at Winchester in one of Sheridan's battles.
Gen. Roberts lost his life while defending an
important post in East Tennessee. Colonel
Drake came home from the Roanoke cam
paign in North Carolina to die. On the
Confederate side. Forrest, now a clergyman
of the Episcopal church in Cincinnati, was
volunteer on the Merrimac in her contest
with the Monitor, having smuggled himself
on board in disobedience of orders. Judson
Smith lost his life in the fierce battle of NAL
vern Hill. Fowles died in hospital in Ala
bama.
Avery was an Illinois general and died at
nome WnlIe q county Judge. CrOAIOu, Iue
Kentucky Unionist of the class (his brother
Confederate), almost caught jeff Davis. He
died while United States minister to Bolivia.
Doster was provost marshal general of the
Army of the Potomac; is now lawyer in
Pennsylvania. General Joseph c. Jackson,
of New York, everyone knows. Luther
Trowbridge, a brother of General Trow bridge
of this city, built fort in east Tennessee
and CALAMITY held it against heavy Confede-
rate odds. After the war he was appointed
collector of internal revenue in Detroit and
after years of faithful service was discharged
because he wasn't enough of politician.
This is the class of which President Wool
sey said on their day of graduation: "The
class of 1857-our hopes and not our fears
go with them
VIII Address the Ladies' and Children.
Miss Clara Sands, of japan, will give an
address in the Calvary Baptist church this
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Ladies and children
are cordially invited to attend. Miss Sands
will exhibit Japanese curiosities and Co.'S